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Pipinos 1944

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Πιπίνος <Pipinos> (ex-Veldt)   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 11/1942 19/7/1943 11/1943 to United Kingdom 12/1957, BU 12/1957
Δελφίν <Delfin> (ex-Vengeful)   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 1943 20/7/1944 10/1944 // 4/1945 to United Kingdom 12/1957, BU 3/1958
Αργοναύτες <Argonautis> (ex-Virulent)   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK 3/1943 23/5/1944 10/1944 // 5/1946 to United Kingdom 5/1958, foundered under tow for scrap 11/1958
τρίαινα <Triaina> (ex-Volatile)   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK 3/1943 20/6/1944 11/1944 // 5/1946 to United Kingdom 10/1958, BU 12/1958

 

Displacement standard, t

545

Displacement normal, t

658 - 662 / 740

Length, m

62.3

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

4.65

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman diesel-generators / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

615 / 825

Max speed, kts

11.25 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 55

Endurance, nm(kts)

4700(10) / 30(9)

Armament

4 - 533 TT (bow, 8 torpedoes or 6 М2 mines), 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon

Sensors

Pipinos: type 291W radar, sonars

others: type 267QW radar, sonars

Complement

33

Diving depth operational, m

90

Ship project history: British submarines of U class, transferred to Greece. Pipinos was transferred 13/10/1943 even before completion and appeared unique, had time to share in hostilities (had tactical designation Y8). Three others were transferred in 1945-1946 after RN service.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Pipinos 1950

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